Juanita Churchill Edwards, age 90, passed peacefully in her home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on December 18, 2019. Juanita was the fourth born of eleven children to John Victor Churchill and Blanche Doherty Churchill of Washburn, Maine.
Juanita was employed at the Army and Air Force Exchange in Presque Isle, Maine, where she met her future husband Ambrose W. Edwards. After marriage she began her life serving as a military housewife and mother both state-side and abroad. She and her husband also participated in providing for underprivileged children.
Juanita was a member of the Order of Eastern Star an appendant body of the Masonic Fraturnity. In 1968 she received recognition from La Salle Extension University for Interior Decorating. Upon retirement from the military, she supported and assisted her husband with his business, New TV & Radio.
She was a devoted Christian and enjoyed attending church and participating in many related activities. She also enjoyed decorating, displaying, collecting antiques, dolls, quilts and many other items. She loved to bake chocolate pound cakes and deliver them to friends and family during the holiday season.
Predeceased by her husband AMBROSE W. EDWARDS, her children BENJAMIN L. EDWARDS and daughter BARBARA E. CRAWFORD, her parents JOHN VICTOR and BLANCHE DOHERTY CHURCHILL, her brothers AUSTIN E. CHURCHILL, JOHN D. (JACK) CHURCHILL, GERALD F. CHURCHILL, her sisters ELIZABETH M. (BETTY) PALMER and BERYL JEAN CLARK.
Survived by her brothers ROBERT W. CHURCHILL and FRANCIS D. CHURCHILL, and sisters EVELYN M. DAY, LONA M. CLARK and LINDA J. SOWERS.
Survived by her son-in-law OLIVER T. (TED) CRAWFORD, his and BARBARA's children. JUANITA M. (TAMI) CRAWFORD, OLIVER T. (TEDDY) CRAWFORD and wife SOMMER, BENJAMIN W. CRAWFORD and wife HOLLY, JAIME C. HORTON and husband DANIEL, VICTOR A. CRAWFORD and wife ROBIN, and JOSHUA B. CRAWFORD and wife MIRANDA.
By her son JAMES W. EDWARDS and wife JENNIFER, their children LANDON W. EDWARDS AND LUKE W. EDWARDS.
By her daughter BELINDA J. EDWARDS and her children CHARLEY J. BLACKMON, AMBROSE EDWARD, SEAN DOUGLAS, VANCE W. EDWARDS and JETTIE J. EDWARDS.
26 Great Grandchildren: (TAMI) CHRISTIAN, CALEB and MIKIAS (TEDDY) NOELLE, TAYLOR and OLIVIA, (BENJAMIN) HALEY, DAYTON, AVERY (JAIME) KAMERON, LOGHAN and AVA (VICTOR) JOSIAH, NOLAN, ALIVIA, ZEKE, MILES and ZOEY (JOSHUA) JOSLYN, JAMES, JACKSON, MIA, MADISON, MADDOX (CHARLEY) JULIA and COLT.
The family will receive friends 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Friday, December 20, 2019 at McMillan-Small Funeral Home. Services will be held 1:30 PM, Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the funeral home with Dr. Wayne Brown officiating. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, Conway, SC.
Juanita was employed at the Army and Air Force Exchange in Presque Isle, Maine, where she met her future husband Ambrose W. Edwards. After marriage she began her life serving as a military housewife and mother both state-side and abroad. She and her husband also participated in providing for underprivileged children.
Juanita was a member of the Order of Eastern Star an appendant body of the Masonic Fraturnity. In 1968 she received recognition from La Salle Extension University for Interior Decorating. Upon retirement from the military, she supported and assisted her husband with his business, New TV & Radio.
She was a devoted Christian and enjoyed attending church and participating in many related activities. She also enjoyed decorating, displaying, collecting antiques, dolls, quilts and many other items. She loved to bake chocolate pound cakes and deliver them to friends and family during the holiday season.
Predeceased by her husband AMBROSE W. EDWARDS, her children BENJAMIN L. EDWARDS and daughter BARBARA E. CRAWFORD, her parents JOHN VICTOR and BLANCHE DOHERTY CHURCHILL, her brothers AUSTIN E. CHURCHILL, JOHN D. (JACK) CHURCHILL, GERALD F. CHURCHILL, her sisters ELIZABETH M. (BETTY) PALMER and BERYL JEAN CLARK.
Survived by her brothers ROBERT W. CHURCHILL and FRANCIS D. CHURCHILL, and sisters EVELYN M. DAY, LONA M. CLARK and LINDA J. SOWERS.
Survived by her son-in-law OLIVER T. (TED) CRAWFORD, his and BARBARA's children. JUANITA M. (TAMI) CRAWFORD, OLIVER T. (TEDDY) CRAWFORD and wife SOMMER, BENJAMIN W. CRAWFORD and wife HOLLY, JAIME C. HORTON and husband DANIEL, VICTOR A. CRAWFORD and wife ROBIN, and JOSHUA B. CRAWFORD and wife MIRANDA.
By her son JAMES W. EDWARDS and wife JENNIFER, their children LANDON W. EDWARDS AND LUKE W. EDWARDS.
By her daughter BELINDA J. EDWARDS and her children CHARLEY J. BLACKMON, AMBROSE EDWARD, SEAN DOUGLAS, VANCE W. EDWARDS and JETTIE J. EDWARDS.
26 Great Grandchildren: (TAMI) CHRISTIAN, CALEB and MIKIAS (TEDDY) NOELLE, TAYLOR and OLIVIA, (BENJAMIN) HALEY, DAYTON, AVERY (JAIME) KAMERON, LOGHAN and AVA (VICTOR) JOSIAH, NOLAN, ALIVIA, ZEKE, MILES and ZOEY (JOSHUA) JOSLYN, JAMES, JACKSON, MIA, MADISON, MADDOX (CHARLEY) JULIA and COLT.
The family will receive friends 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Friday, December 20, 2019 at McMillan-Small Funeral Home. Services will be held 1:30 PM, Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the funeral home with Dr. Wayne Brown officiating. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, Conway, SC.
Juanita Churchill Edwards, age 90, passed peacefully in her home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on December 18, 2019. Juanita was the fourth born of eleven children to John Victor Churchill and Blanche Doherty Churchill of Washburn, Maine.
Juanita was employed at the Army and Air Force Exchange in Presque Isle, Maine, where she met her future husband Ambrose W. Edwards. After marriage she began her life serving as a military housewife and mother both state-side and abroad. She and her husband also participated in providing for underprivileged children.
Juanita was a member of the Order of Eastern Star an appendant body of the Masonic Fraturnity. In 1968 she received recognition from La Salle Extension University for Interior Decorating. Upon retirement from the military, she supported and assisted her husband with his business, New TV & Radio.
She was a devoted Christian and enjoyed attending church and participating in many related activities. She also enjoyed decorating, displaying, collecting antiques, dolls, quilts and many other items. She loved to bake chocolate pound cakes and deliver them to friends and family during the holiday season.
Predeceased by her husband AMBROSE W. EDWARDS, her children BENJAMIN L. EDWARDS and daughter BARBARA E. CRAWFORD, her parents JOHN VICTOR and BLANCHE DOHERTY CHURCHILL, her brothers AUSTIN E. CHURCHILL, JOHN D. (JACK) CHURCHILL, GERALD F. CHURCHILL, her sisters ELIZABETH M. (BETTY) PALMER and BERYL JEAN CLARK.
Survived by her brothers ROBERT W. CHURCHILL and FRANCIS D. CHURCHILL, and sisters EVELYN M. DAY, LONA M. CLARK and LINDA J. SOWERS.
Survived by her son-in-law OLIVER T. (TED) CRAWFORD, his and BARBARA's children. JUANITA M. (TAMI) CRAWFORD, OLIVER T. (TEDDY) CRAWFORD and wife SOMMER, BENJAMIN W. CRAWFORD and wife HOLLY, JAIME C. HORTON and husband DANIEL, VICTOR A. CRAWFORD and wife ROBIN, and JOSHUA B. CRAWFORD and wife MIRANDA.
By her son JAMES W. EDWARDS and wife JENNIFER, their children LANDON W. EDWARDS AND LUKE W. EDWARDS.
By her daughter BELINDA J. EDWARDS and her children CHARLEY J. BLACKMON, AMBROSE EDWARD, SEAN DOUGLAS, VANCE W. EDWARDS and JETTIE J. EDWARDS.
26 Great Grandchildren: (TAMI) CHRISTIAN, CALEB and MIKIAS (TEDDY) NOELLE, TAYLOR and OLIVIA, (BENJAMIN) HALEY, DAYTON, AVERY (JAIME) KAMERON, LOGHAN and AVA (VICTOR) JOSIAH, NOLAN, ALIVIA, ZEKE, MILES and ZOEY (JOSHUA) JOSLYN, JAMES, JACKSON, MIA, MADISON, MADDOX (CHARLEY) JULIA and COLT.
The family will receive friends 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Friday, December 20, 2019 at McMillan-Small Funeral Home. Services will be held 1:30 PM, Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the funeral home with Dr. Wayne Brown officiating. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, Conway, SC.
Juanita was employed at the Army and Air Force Exchange in Presque Isle, Maine, where she met her future husband Ambrose W. Edwards. After marriage she began her life serving as a military housewife and mother both state-side and abroad. She and her husband also participated in providing for underprivileged children.
Juanita was a member of the Order of Eastern Star an appendant body of the Masonic Fraturnity. In 1968 she received recognition from La Salle Extension University for Interior Decorating. Upon retirement from the military, she supported and assisted her husband with his business, New TV & Radio.
She was a devoted Christian and enjoyed attending church and participating in many related activities. She also enjoyed decorating, displaying, collecting antiques, dolls, quilts and many other items. She loved to bake chocolate pound cakes and deliver them to friends and family during the holiday season.
Predeceased by her husband AMBROSE W. EDWARDS, her children BENJAMIN L. EDWARDS and daughter BARBARA E. CRAWFORD, her parents JOHN VICTOR and BLANCHE DOHERTY CHURCHILL, her brothers AUSTIN E. CHURCHILL, JOHN D. (JACK) CHURCHILL, GERALD F. CHURCHILL, her sisters ELIZABETH M. (BETTY) PALMER and BERYL JEAN CLARK.
Survived by her brothers ROBERT W. CHURCHILL and FRANCIS D. CHURCHILL, and sisters EVELYN M. DAY, LONA M. CLARK and LINDA J. SOWERS.
Survived by her son-in-law OLIVER T. (TED) CRAWFORD, his and BARBARA's children. JUANITA M. (TAMI) CRAWFORD, OLIVER T. (TEDDY) CRAWFORD and wife SOMMER, BENJAMIN W. CRAWFORD and wife HOLLY, JAIME C. HORTON and husband DANIEL, VICTOR A. CRAWFORD and wife ROBIN, and JOSHUA B. CRAWFORD and wife MIRANDA.
By her son JAMES W. EDWARDS and wife JENNIFER, their children LANDON W. EDWARDS AND LUKE W. EDWARDS.
By her daughter BELINDA J. EDWARDS and her children CHARLEY J. BLACKMON, AMBROSE EDWARD, SEAN DOUGLAS, VANCE W. EDWARDS and JETTIE J. EDWARDS.
26 Great Grandchildren: (TAMI) CHRISTIAN, CALEB and MIKIAS (TEDDY) NOELLE, TAYLOR and OLIVIA, (BENJAMIN) HALEY, DAYTON, AVERY (JAIME) KAMERON, LOGHAN and AVA (VICTOR) JOSIAH, NOLAN, ALIVIA, ZEKE, MILES and ZOEY (JOSHUA) JOSLYN, JAMES, JACKSON, MIA, MADISON, MADDOX (CHARLEY) JULIA and COLT.
The family will receive friends 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Friday, December 20, 2019 at McMillan-Small Funeral Home. Services will be held 1:30 PM, Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the funeral home with Dr. Wayne Brown officiating. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, Conway, SC.
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